How can I restrict git status to regular files in the current directory only?

Question

I would like to see the status of the current directory. Because there are lots of changes in sub-directories, which I do not want to see, the following command doesn\'

Answer 1

You can use:

git status | grep -v /

to filter out any paths that contain a slash (/) which means they are in subdirectories.

You will also lose the red/green coloring of the changed paths.

Update:

This solution does not display the files that are moved from or to the current directory because the source and destination of a move operation are displayed on the same line in the output. The files that were renamed in the current directory (without being moved between directories) are displayed though.